Less than a year after the first iPad was released, the iPad 2 will hit Australian markets on 25 March 2011.

And whats in store in the new models? Well the same price tag for starters, but it is said to be thinner, lighter, faster, and have dual front and back facing cameras.  And the choice of black or white colouring.

Steve Jobs is very confident in his device, saying ‘Everybody’s got a tablet,will it be the year of the copycats?”  He proclaims that Apple has a 90% market share.

That share may be erroded however, by the number of new tablets coming onto the market.  The closest competitor to the iPad is said to the Motorola Xoom.

View the full SMH article here.